Taliban chiefs visit Afghan villages hit by quake that killed at least 2,000

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A SENIOR TALIBAN delegation visited western Afghanistan’s Herat province today in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people over the weekend and flattened entire villages. Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 quake hit a densely populated area in Herat and was followed by strong aftershocks in what was one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades. Taliban-appointed deputy prime minister for economic affairs Abdul Ghani Baradar and his team will visit the quake-affected region on Monday to deliver “immediate relief assistance” and ensure “equitable and accurate distribution of aid”, according to a statement from...